Ethics of Access: Abortion Care and Reproductive Justice in Tumultuous Times | Bioethics Grand Rounds

Ethics of Access: Abortion Care and Reproductive Justice in Tumultuous Times

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Speaker

Katie Watson, JD

Katie Watson is an Associate Professor of Medical Education, Social Science in Medicine, and OB/GYN, as well as a core faculty member in the graduate program in Medical Humanities and Bioethics, and a long-time member of the Northwestern Memorial Hospital ethics committee at the at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine. She received her JD from New York University School of Law and practiced public interest law before completing fellowships in Clinical Medical Ethics (University of Chicago Medical School MacLean Center) and Medical Humanities (Feinberg School of Medicine) and joining the Northwestern faculty.

Objectives

• Describe the current state of abortion law in states across the US
• Analyze abortion access within the conceptual framework of reproductive justice